A critical barrier for implementing inclusive education is the concern of its detrimental impacts on students without special educational needs (SEN), while studies in this direction are insufficient. This study aimed to identify the role of inclusive education in academic and social-emotional development of students without SEN, using both…

The COVID-19 pandemic had detrimental effects on college students' psychosocial well-being due to campus closures starting in Spring 2020. This study examined changes in perceived stress and depressive symptoms before and during the pandemic using longitudinal data collected from students over the 2019-2020 academic year. We also compared data…

Introduction: Sustained participation in physical education classes during adolescence can help promote lifelong engagement in physical activity, which is vital for the physical and mental health of adolescents. Self-concept, particularly in the domains of global and physical appearance self-perceptions, has been identified as a key predictor of…

Autistic youth have a high co-occurrence of mental health challenges and a resultant high need for mental health treatment. However, they experience mental health service disparities compared to non-autistic youth. Social determinants of health (SDH) may contribute to mental health service disparities among autistic youth, yet this has not been…

Music performance assessments (MPAs), also known as festivals, adjudications, or contests, are a yearly part of the music education experience for many teachers and students in school bands, orchestras, and choirs. A brief history outlining the origins and purposes of MPA is shared. Issues of equity in modern-day MPA are then explored, including…

This sociological study examines the declining status of teachers through theoretical frameworks and empirical analysis of seventeen graduate-level educators. Employing a multidimensional approach, it assesses the comparative professional standing, career motivations, systemic challenges, and policy impacts. Findings identify interconnected…

Considerable studies have examined the influence of family environment on adolescents' hope, but few studies have discussed the influence of school environment on adolescents' hope, and even fewer have investigated the mediating and moderating mechanisms between teacher-student relationships and hope among rural adolescents. To address these…

The increasing demand for computer science (CS) skills underscores the importance of integrating CS education into K-12 curricula to best prepare students for a digitally-driven society. Despite significant progress in expanding access to CS courses, disparities in participation persist, especially among historically underrepresented groups. This…

In the current study, we tested a network model of reading difficulty by using state-of-the-art psychological network analysis. Four hundred and fifty-three Chinese first-grade children (about 38% female, mean age = 7.00, SD = 0.41) were divided into good (n = 154), competent (n = 147), and struggling (n = 152) readers based on their scores of…

This paper examines the long-term impacts of early-life drought exposure on the human capital and socio-economic outcomes of women born in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco across more than five decades. Using a pooled cross-section of 13 rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys, the paper demonstrates that early childhood…

Housing is an essential determinant of health. Neighborhood characteristics, housing conditions and quality, housing stability, and housing affordability are identified pathways linking housing to health outcomes. While historically overlooked by healthcare researchers and organizations, many anchor institutions have recently taken an approach to…

This study explores how parents from nine occupationally defined social classes in Turkey prioritise value categories in the secondary school curriculum, examining links between socioeconomic status and value-based education. Using a cross-sectional survey, data were collected from 311 parents in 10 randomly selected schools. After a brief…

The Minnesota State Grant program is a need-based financial aid program that assists Minnesota resident undergraduates attending public and private postsecondary institutions in Minnesota, providing choice and access for the students to attend the institutions that best meet their needs. This report contains data on the number of awards and award…

Student retention is evidently low in Open and Distance Educational (ODE) institutions. This study comprehensively analyzes the student retention patterns and demotivational challenges of ODE systems. The registered students of the Bachelor of Science degree program of the faculty of natural sciences of the Open University of Sri Lanka, was chosen…

Though there is a significant, international body of literature on the experiences of queer university students, comparatively little is written about the higher education pathways of queer students, especially for those who are working class or live in regional or rural areas. This paper presents data collected from surveys, interviews and focus…